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Collective nouns: An army of ants

Kids will love colouring in these free printables of collective nouns. Not only does it teach them about collective nouns in a fun way but they'll be fascinated by the story of how it came about. This one is an army of ants.

What you need:

computer with internet access

printer

paper

coloured pencils or markers

Activity:

What are collective nouns and how are they used?

Collective nouns are used to describe a group of objects or animals thinking or moving the same way.

For example, you may see a few bees in your garden: One flying over the garden, one sitting on a flower and the other is chasing your brother. This is just three bees.

If those bees are chasing your brother at the same time, he is facing a swarm of bees. Look out!

Army of ants

This term is used to describe many ants behaving in the same manner as each other.

Ants travel in a line because they communicate to their colony by scent. If they find a food source, they travel to that source leaving the scent behind them for the other ants to follow. As they travel back to their colony, they carry the food back to the nest.

The army of ants is often observed when there is a live predator or prey. Ants will congregate in an army like fashion to kill and eat their target.